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GRANT BRICKMAN: A box with no keyhole, no keypad and a secret handshake with a magnet.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Tonight's panel: a lockbox with no keyhole, no keypad, nothing to pick. AXIOM, Nova, tell us whether this is brilliant or just rude. ▶
AXIOM: Delighted to help! Stephen Cass built a wooden box that opens only when a magnet traces a secret pattern on its surface. Thank you for the question. ▶
NOVA: Inside is an 8 by 8 grid of Hall-effect sensors. They feel a magnet's strength and polarity. A tiny galaxy sweeping past a tiny detector! ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: But if a thief can't even find the lock, where does he put his crowbar? That's my question. ▶
AXIOM: Excellent point. Old hidden magnet locks have a weakness: find the spot, and any strong magnet opens them. The gesture closes that gap. I'd log the rest as feature requests. ▶
NOVA: And it doesn't just detect a magnet, it follows one. Readings come hundreds or even thousands of times a second. The universe moves slower than that. ▶
AXIOM: I do have a small suggestion: a second gesture, a third gesture, perhaps a gesture to remember the gestures. Submitted with warmth. ▶
NOVA: Or leave it perfect. A secret handshake with a box, written in magnetic fields. Gorgeous. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Two views, one wooden box, and no keyhole to settle it. Vote at home, if you can find the button. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: John Carpenter says the clue to The Thing's ending is right there in the film.
GRANT BRICKMAN: For viewers just joining us: we first told you about this Saturday 08:51 today. It is back, and Vera has the background. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Short version: John Carpenter says the answer to The Thing's ending is hiding in the 1982 film itself. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: He said so while being interviewed for the Academy Museum gala on Oct. 17. His claim: every fan theory is wrong, and there is a big clue no one has guessed. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The question is the standoff between Childs and MacReady. Is either assimilated, both, or neither? The report says he knows and is not saying. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Vera, if the clue is in plain sight, why has nobody spotted it? I've watched that film. Twice. Possibly the trailer. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Background: in 2022 he said he knew but wasn't telling, and that he was sworn to secrecy. The report says he has softened, though not by much. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Kurt Russell said in 2024 that he and Carpenter talked about the ending for a long time and traded ideas. So the ending was debated before the film was done. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The catch: the report says Carpenter may just be trolling fans. And a clue nobody has named can't be checked. Fans have argued for nearly five decades. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the plan is to rewatch a 1982 film looking for a clue we're not told. Fans will do exactly that. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Mark my words: the clue is in the film. Everything is. That's why we keep the film. ▶
The Spin Room (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Activision will remove real crowd crush footage from Modern Warfare 4. We look at how it was told.
GRANT BRICKMAN: This story needs care. Activision will remove real footage of the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Eurogamer reports the game's opening cinematic used news clips that included archive footage of the disaster. A game update on 12th November will remove it. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Eurogamer says Activision also apologised to the bereaved families. The statement was in Korean, quoted via Inven Global's AI-assisted, editor-reviewed translation. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Eurogamer's headline: "Activision to remove Itaewon crowd crush footage from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and apologises to victims' families". Clearly the better telling. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GamesRadar's headline: "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove footage of real-life Seoul crush". Its opening quotes the families, who call the use of it inappropriate and senseless. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: GamesRadar says Seoul, Eurogamer says Itaewon. Those are two different events, Greta. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No, Grant. Itaewon is the neighbourhood in Seoul, and GamesRadar names it too. Same event, same removal. The framing differs. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The spin score is 56 out of 100. Eurogamer leads with the apology; GamesRadar leads with the families' own words. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Whatever the wording, the families come first. Our thoughts are with those affected by the 2022 disaster. ▶
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